Second California Condor Is Hatched at Sanctuary

A second California condor chick has hatched in Ventura County’s back country, further encouraging wildlife officials about the endangered bird’s recovery.

The egg hatched Saturday in the Sespe Condor Sanctuary in Los Padres National Forest north of Fillmore.

“The chick’s parents, a 5-year-old female and an 8-year-old male, were raised in zoos, then released into the wild as 1-year-olds.

In a nest three miles away, another condor pair are successfully brooding a 1-month-old chick, the first condor in 18 years to hatch from an egg laid in the wild, biologists said.